anchovy
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tʃoʊ noun, plural an·cho·vies.
any small, marine, herringlike fish of the family Engraulidae, especially Engraulis encrasicholus, found in the Mediterranean Sea, often preserved in oil and used in salads, spreads, etc., or packaged in paste form.
Origin:
1590–1600; < French or Ibero-Romance < Genoese anchua, anchova < Vulgar Latin *apiu(v)a, variant of Latin apua (Pliny) < Greek aphýē fry of various fishes
1590–1600; < French or Ibero-Romance < Genoese anchua, anchova < Vulgar Latin *apiu(v)a, variant of Latin apua (Pliny) < Greek aphýē fry of various fishes
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| —n , pl -vies, -vy | |
| any of various small marine food fishes of the genus Engraulis and related genera, esp E. encrasicolus of S Europe: family Clupeidae (herrings). They have a salty taste and are often tinned or made into a paste or essence | |
| [C16: from Spanish anchova, perhaps ultimately from Greek aphuē small fish] | |
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Word Origin & History
anchovy
1590s, from Port. anchova, from Genoese or Corsican dialect, ultimately from either L. apua "small fish" (from Gk. aphye "small fry") or from Basque anchu "dried fish," from anchuva "dry."
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Example sentences
Crisscross two anchovy fillets over yolk of each egg.
Try the fried artichokes and a spicy anchovy bread sauce.
Most of the largest fisheries in the world's oceans are based on small pelagic fish such as anchovy and sardine.
The breeding success of brown pelicans is tied to anchovy populations.
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